"The Law is hard, but it is the Law."

Tag Archives: City of Fallen Angels

“when his self-appointed body guards realized he’d sneaked out of the apartment behind their backs. It had definitely involved some form of ‘Try that again, and I’ll kill you”. What it hadn’t involved was Kyle and Jace sitting on the futon couch side by side, looking for all the world like newly minted best friends. Kyle had a video game controller in his hands, and Jace was leaning forward, his elbows on his knees, watching intently. They barely seemed to notice Simon’s entrance”– City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare Chapter 7 Praetor Lupus

“So guess who’s just finished another book in the mortal instruments series!Fans of the series will probably be able to guess which one it was.Yep it was “City of fallen angels” And I think it’s my favourite so far. Probably because of how dark it is compared to the rest of them!This piece is based of the chant Jace keeps saying to himself at the beginning of the book.”

“Leaning against one of the poles holding up the awning was Isabelle. She had her hair up and was wearing a long red dress, slit up the side to show most of her leg. loops of gold laddered her right arm. They looked like bracelets, but Simon knew they were really her electrum whip. She was covered in Marks. They twined her arms, threaded their way up her thigh, necklaced her throat, and decorated her chest, a great deal of which was visible, thanks to the plunging neckline of her dress. Simon tried not to stare…”

I was able to attend make the trip up to Mission Viejo this past Friday to meet Cassandra Clare during Clockwork Princess book tour. It was a lot of fun to see and meet her and talk to her (for a very, very brief moment) about her books. Below, you’ll be able to watch the complete Q&A during the event.

Most of the answers to the questions have been transcripted as best as possible below, however, some answers were a lot longer than what is written here as Cassie details it more. Also, some of the answers have been shorted or edited due some inaudible dialogue.

Beware, there are several fangirly moments of earsplitting screams. (Not from me.)

02:35 – The last two characters that appear in the epilogue [of Clockwork Princess], will we possibly see or hear mention of them in your next trilogy, The Dark Artifices?

Cassie: Yes.

03:30 – Cassie, I’ve always wondered, where did you get the inspiration for your books?

Cassie: I got the inspiration for the idea of shadowhunters from a friend of mine who’s a tattoo artist, and was telling about the history of tattoos, and I guess people used to believe that kept you brave, and kept you from getting injured, and I starting thinking about how cool it would be if there was really a race of people for who these tattoos really worked and actually protected them. That was really the development of the idea of shadowhunters. And each kind of series of stories has had its own separate genesis.

04:40 – Is there any possibility that [Simon] could end up with some beautiful Shadowhunter in marriage?

Cassie: Well, Alec is getting over Magnus right now. (audience laughs) But they have a very special moment in City of Heavenly Fire that I think no one is expecting. (audience reacts audibly)

05:28 – How does it feel to know that you’re influencing people everywhere?

Cassie: Terrifying. I consider myself a very weird person. By and large I think my readers are incredibly empathic, nice, generous people, great with their feedback and I love interacting with them and talking with them online and I always feel like it’s kind of a group experience when the book comes out. I have the trauma of seeing how other people are going to take it and they have the trauma of actually reading it. So, we come together to love each other.

06:44 – Is it possible for a warlock to be half werewolf or vampire?

Cassie: (Essentially Cassie’s answer is no, at least not in the Shadowhunter world.)

08:00 – What first got you interested in writing?

Cassie: (Speculation and joking on something about touch football when she was kid, then “my dad got me a computer when I was twelve, and that got me interested in writing.”)

10:05 – Which of the cast of characters would you guys say you are all most like?

Cassie: (Cassie states Maureen is most like Maureen, due to her psychotic love for Simon Lewis. Maureen states Sarah as most like Magnus and Cassie agrees. Maureen states she relates more to Alec. Sarah states Cassie as being like Sebastian. Maureen states Cassie as being like Jace.)

13:39 – Is there a possibility of Simon getting his own series?

Cassie: I don’t think it’s very likely that Simon is going to get his own series. I’m really excited about The Dark Artifices I’m writing out right now. And them who survive The Mortal Instruments, we will see them in The Dark Artifices, and that could well be Simon who might survive. And then I also have an idea for the next generation of Shadowhunters that come after the kids in Clockwork Princess, so I would really like to do that.

15:29 – On the cover of Clockwork Princess, Tessa is holding a book. What book is that?

Cassie: (Cassie likes to think it’s The Tale of Two Cities.)

17:09 – Which series did you like writing more: Mortal Instruments or Infernal Devices?

Cassie: I liked writing them both, just because they’re completely different. I loved the research that went into writing The Infernal Devices, I loved the language of that era and writing these sort of beautiful speeches that the people could give. I just love the feeling of that time period. But Mortal Instruments was my first series. I have a love for those characters and they are like my family, so I’m always excited to go back and spend more time with them, and it will be traumatic to kind of finish City of Heavenly Fire and be done.

18:05 – In the beginning of Clockwork Angel, when Will interrupts Jem and Tessa’s first meeting, why is his hair really wet?

Cassie: (Theories by Sarah are stated first.) I think Will just kinda likes to be wet, I noticed he’s like wet in every book.

20:11 – Someone asks which actor plays most like the character in her books.

Cassie: It’s different. Because I know them all, it’s like picking amongst your friends. They’re all such great people. I’m just going to go through them…

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the most intense.

Aidan Turner is the nicest person in the whole world.

Jared Harris is super smart and has awesome stories about British actors (she mentions that Jared’s father was Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies,)

Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower are perfect as Clary and Jace stating how their personalities match up.

Cassie: They were designed by the artist who first inspired the whole idea, her name is Valerie Friere. And I asked her to do a set of 80 runes for the Grey Book, and I just came up with what would be useful, healing, strength, precision, courage, and then some more specialized ones like the ones for marriage and love and mourning. I did not design them visually, but I think she did a really great job.

26:57 – Which team are you on? Jem or Will?

Cassie: I can’t be on a team, because you can’t root for a team if you know who wins. And if you control it, whoever team you want to win will win. I love them both. I love Jem. I love Will. I love them in different ways. I love how they both love each other.

27:32 – What are you guys? Like Shadowhunters, mundane, downworlders, what?

28:30 – What would be your advice to aspiring writers and people who are facing difficulties in realizing their dreams?

Cassie: (Regarding realizing dreams, just a series of steps. Regaring writer’s block, gathering friends to help.)

30:55 – From the Mortal Instruments series, who would be your best friend?

Cassie: Simon

31:40 – In City of Heavenly Fire, will we find out who Magnus’ demon father is?

Cassie: Yes

32:05 – How did Will form a strong opinion about ducks?

Cassie: There’s a story on my website called ‘Why Will Hates ducks.’ If you go on my website and read it, you’ll find that Will, in fact, was stalked by a duck. (Cassie then explains her personal reason to why she hates ducks, which was the basis for the story of Will hating ducks, as she had fed mallard pie to Mallard ducks in Hyde Park.)

Cassie: I didn’t want to make their relationship as too perfect. Everybody else in the books have relationships that have trouble, they have stuff that goes wrong, and I feel like they were way too de-normalized. They’re not relatable, and I want them to be like this is a relationship, a real relationship, and it’s really, for Magnus, the most important relationship he’s had in hundreds of years. And the fact that it is so important to Magnus really scares him and that’s part of why they did break up. But there is a whole other book to come. (Someone interrupts Cassie and yells that they’d better get back together, to which Cassie says that the storyline is) definitely not over.

36:20 – Do you like killing our ships?

Cassie: What is the point of a ship if not to sink it?

36:40 – Who’s your favorite character? Tessa or Clary?

Cassie: I love them both. Tessa is much more like me, but I really like Clary for how brave and reckless she is. She is more of a risk-taker than I am.

36:57 – Do you actually eat or do you survive solely on the tears of fans?

Cassie: I like to take the hearts of my readers and freeze them, and melt them, and then I pour it in a cocktail glass and call it a heartini.

37:23 – Whatever happened to Simon’s band?

Cassie: They’re still together. They just keep renaming themselves. They were practicing in City of Fallen Angels. They’re a crappy band, but they’re still together. Actually Jordan’s a pretty good lead singer, so he gave them a new lease on life.

37:43 – Could not hear the question, but it’s basically about her involvement in the movie

Cassie: They’ve actually given me a pretty good amount of input. They’ve definitely asked me questions. They wanted to know things about the world, and being curious. And definitely, I was involved in the casting. I was definitely not the last word on anything that happened and I haven’t even seen the movie, and I couldn’t tell you how it ends. I don’t know, but I did appreciate the amount of input they did give me.

38:20 – Which character was the biggest challenge for you to write?

Cassie: Jem. I knew a good amount of the Victorian era, which is why I wanted to write them, but I didn’t know that much about Victorian Era Shanghai.

39:11 – Question for Sarah regarding Unspoken and if she was always planning on ending it that way.

40:52 – Edward or Jacob?

Cassie: Edward

41:10 – Will the movie get a panel at Comic-Con?

Cassie: Last time I heard, yes.

Cassie states that at WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center – March 29-31, 2013), they will present a 3-minute trailer, which she has seen and claims it to be awesome, with some great footage and great scenes. They will also be showing the poster. Jamie Campbell Bower, Lily Collins, and Kevin Zegers will be there with her and director Harald Zwart.

Follow me on Twitter

Join the OTHERWORLD with the new series’ first book trailer! The book trailer for Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller‘s YA debut Otherworld is showing off a tempting new game with sinister undertones! The novel follows a teen named Simon through an immersive virtual reality experience called Otherworld. It all seems like fun and games at [...] The post Watch The […]

Watch Eleven make her great escape in a new STRANGER THINGS sneak peek! Trailers have already shown us that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is making her way back to Hawkins, Indiana in the upcoming season of Stranger Things, but we didn’t know exactly how she made it out– until now! In an exclusive clip from [...] The post STRANGER THINGS Season 2 Clip: Eleven […]

First BLACK PANTHER trailer shows Wakanda in all its splendor! After a short but exhilarating teaser released back in June, we haven’t seen too much from Marvel’s Black Panther movie other than a stack of stills. Still, we all knew T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) reign over the fierce tech-savvy kingdom of Wakanda was coming and now, [...] The post King T’Chal […]

Ryan Reynolds posts photos that shows his commitment to character with Deadpool’s katanas, named after a much beloved Golden Girl actress. Deadpool 2 actor Ryan Reynolds, who plays the titular role, posted on social media that they were done filming the sequel to the 2016 R-rated antihero blockbuster hit. In it, he shows photos of [...] The post DEADPOOL 2 a […]